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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

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Manush is a recent graduate from a prestigious university in California who is looking for a job opportunity as a real estate agent.  While he already has samples provided by his friends, he still feels something lacking in his resume.  Specifically, the he believes that his professional objective statement lacks focus and clarity. 

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“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

Manush’s story shows the importance of using powerful keywords to his resume in landing the job he wanted.

MLA Quiz

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
The C in CAPOW stands for:
A  Currency–how current the website is
B  College–what college database the website is from
C  Co-author–who authored the website
D  Clean–how well-written the website looks without a lot of ads
Question #2
Titles of books/journals/newspapers/magazines/websites/databases are in quotation marks.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #3
Titles of articles/essays/short stories are in italics.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #4
If you do not follow the correct 9th edition MLA format and models of in-text citations and the works cited page for the term paper, meaning you may potentially be plagiarizing, you could receive a low score, possibly even a failing grade on the paper.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #5
Websites with the URL .gov or .edu tend to be more credible than .org or .com
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #6
When searching for sources on the LACC databases, you should not just copy and paste from the “cite this” link to create the works cited entry because you will need to verify that all elements are in the correct place using your Rules for Writers 9th edition.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #7
You should not let your quotes speak for themselves; you should put the quotes in context. In other words, don’t start or end paragraphs with quotes (“sandwich” your quotes between your ideas).
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #8
If you use a long (block) quote in your essay, make sure to place quotation marks around the quoted passage.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #9
If you introduce the author’s name in the signal phrase, then you do not need to include the author’s name in the parenthetical reference (parenthesis), just the page number if applicable.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #10
If the author of a work is unknown, list “Anonymous” in the in-text citation and works cited page.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #11
When quoting a source, forgetting to insert quotation marks around exact words directly from a source/author is not an act of plagiarism.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #12
For in-text citing, you may omit the page number (in the parenthesis) if a work lacks page numbers, as is the case with many Web sources.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #13
It is important to limit quotations in your paper, but you should use quotations when the words of an important authority lend weight to an argument.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #14
Brackets allow you to insert your own words into quoted material.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #15
To condense a quoted passage, you can use:
A  a dash to indicate that you have omitted words.
B  quotation marks to indicate that you have omitted words.
C  a colon to indicate that you have omitted words.
D  ellipsis marks to indicate that you have omitted words.
Question #16
The works cited list should only include the works actually cited in the paper.
A  TRUE
B  FALSE
Question #17
At the end of the paper, a list of works cited (arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names or title of the work) gives complete publication information about the source.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #18
You must cite all direct quotations, including any ideas borrowed from a source (summaries/paraphrases, statistics and other specific facts).
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #19
In the parenthesis marking the end of an in-text citation, which one is correct
A  (Smith, 209).
B  (Smith pg. 209).
C  (Smith 209).
D  (Smith page 209).
Question #20
MLA stands for Modern Language Association and is the documentation style used by most Humanities courses, especially in an English class.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
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